Got a new Blackwing pencil – Volume 4 – and used my uber sharpener to get it going.
These pencils have different woods and leads. The new one has a redder wood than my previous models.
I’m pretty confident that although the cats could drag the whole black roll around, they’ll be unable to pull the nice “fur” brushes out of it without developing opposable thumbs.
The things we do to protect cats. See also: snap-cover water jars… and covered palettes…
Several mornings in a row I awoke to find various brushes out of the roll up they live in and scattered upstairs and down. Not amused. The most favored of course are the sables and squirrel mops. The cat(s) seem to have pulled them out of the roll leaving everything as is.
In desperation I got the same brush roll I use in my travel kit which folds over the end of the brushes. Hopefully this will eliminate the temptation. Bad kitties.
The fellow at my local art supply store found this all rather amusing. I was just glad they had another roll.
Things seen here and there tonight in New Lebanon as the gloaming came on.
Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not so good. — Chuck Close
The other night after mixing a near black in quantity for that last painting, I worried about what to do with the excess. I had mixed it in one of those small flat plastic pans – just like we’d used in grade school with tempura paints – and knowing cats, I put that pan into a snap lid rubbermaid container and felt ok about it.
In retaliation, the cats spent two days trying to steal my brushes. Seriously? Guess it’s time to find a duplicate of the brush roll that lives in the car.
Today I got back from an oil change and swing past the art supply store to find that latter stop was not in vain, nor my previous worry.
I bought four of these 1.25 oz jars and also moved my diluted graphite/sumi ink solution into one. Ain’t nobody got time for that.
We’re all pilgrims on the same journey–but some pilgrims have better road maps.
